September2021

Bangladesh’s national men’s football team fell one place in the latest FIFA rankings, which were revealed today (Thursday). Bangladesh dropped from 188th to 189th place, receiving 906 rating points, three points less than their previous ranking....

On Thursday afternoon, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Mohammad Rassel, the CEO of the controversial e-commerce company Evaly, and his wife Shahima Nasrin, Chairman of Evaly from their Mohammadpur apartment. Around 4 p.m., a team...

According to an updated data analysis provided today by UNICEF, schools for over 77 million pupils in six countries are still almost fully closed 18 months after the COVID-19 outbreak began. Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Panama...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is expanding its aid activities across Afghanistan in response to rising, complex humanitarian needs exacerbated by drought and violence, while also re-engaging established livelihood, community development, and infrastructure initiatives. IOM’s...

After 90 days in the Tiangong space station conducting spacewalks and scientific experiments, three Chinese astronauts completed the country’s longest crewed mission and began their journey home on Thursday. The Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft has safely separated...

Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries continue to be almost completely closed, according to an updated data analysis released by UNICEF. According to the analysis, Bangladesh, the...

University Grants Commission (UGC) has created a new website for university students to register for the Covid-19 vaccine in a bid to get all the students vaccinated. Using birth certificates, students who do not have the...

Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban co-founder and now Afghanistan’s deputy prime minister has been named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” for 2021, despite the news of his rumoured death. According to veteran journalist...

The Naval Group of France, which is partly state-owned, was chosen to build 12 conventionally powered submarines for Australia, based on France’s nuclear-powered Barracuda submarines in development. After Canberra abandoned a massive submarine deal with Paris...

Microsoft has announced users can now delete all passwords from their accounts and instead login using an authenticator app or other solution. The technology giant made passwordless accounts available for business users of its products in...